Cigar-cutter.



No. 730,818. '1 PATENTED JUNE 9, 1903..

. J. W. FIELD.

CIGAR CUTTER.

. APPLIOATION FILED 0012a, 1902.

E0. MODEL. 7

UNITED STATES Patented June 9, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB W. FIELD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIsASSIGNOR TO THE INTERNA- TIONAL NOVELTY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PEORIA, ILLI- NOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,818, dated June 9, 1903.

Application filed October 28, 1902. Serial No. 129,111. (No model.) I

To on whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JACOB W. FIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago,

in the county of Cook and-State of Illinois,

have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Gutters; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of'this specification.

This invention relates to cigar-cutters; and the object thereof is to simplify and improve the construction of such cutters and to combine therewith a chance device operated by theaction of the cutter.

An embodiment of the device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation, the casing being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a side eleva tion with the casing removed. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the knife-wheel.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the frame of the machine, in which is mounted a spring motor mechanism, comprising a first or spring shaft 7, to which the inner end of the coiled spring 8 is attached. This shaft bears a spur-wheel 7, in mesh with a pinion 9 on the knife-wheel shaft 9. The

knife-wheel'is indicated at 10 and carries a knife 10" at its outer edge to clip the cigartips.

11 indicates the plate above the wheel, providedwith a socket 11, into which the tip of the cigar is inserted. On the under side of the plate 11 are a pair of projecting stops 11", one on each side of the knife-wheel, which ongage a catch carried by the knife-wheel to Thenormally hold it against movement. catchcomprises a block 10", which works in a radial recess 10 formed in the knife-wheel, and it has arms 10, which project laterally beyond each side of the wheel. The block is normally projected outwardly by a coiled spring 10 thereunder, so that the arms strike the projections 11 and stop the wheel with the block directly under the cigar-socket. When the cigar is inserted, the block is forced in until the arms disengage the stops, which frees the knife-wheel, and it turns by the H force of the mainspring and clips the cigartip. The wheel makes but Oneturn at a time, because the arms projecting from the tripping-block 1O strike and stop against the projections 11 at each rotation.

The chance device is actuated by-the stroke of the cutter and comprises a disk 12, free to revolve on a spindle 13, which turnsin a bearing-block 13, supported on the frame of the device. The face of the disk is divided into parts 12, denominated by different colors or numbers, one of which is indicated by a pointer 12, attached to the casing. The knife-wheel shaft 9 drives the'spindle 13 by chain and sprocket-wheels on the respective shafts, the chain being indicated at 14 and the sprocket-wheels at 9 and 13",respectively. The disk 12 is attached to a ratchet-wheel 12, which is engaged by a pawl 15, carried by a flanged collar 16, fixed on the spindle. When the shaft 9 turns, (whichit does suddenly, owing to the quick release of the catch and the strength of the mainspring,) it turns the spindle with a jerk, which is communicated to the disk bythe pawl and ratchet. The disk so started continues to revolve on the spindle until its momentum is spent, when the pointer indicates a color or number, according to which gifts or prizes are determined.

What I claim is 1. ha device of the class stated, the combination with a spring-actuated knife-wheel normally stopped, and a cigar-actuated release for the wheel, of a freely-revoluble disk having chance-symbols and an indicator, and connections between the wheel and the disk to start the latter by turn of the former.

2. The combination with a spring-actuated knife-wheel, of a spindle moving dependently therewith, means to transmit motion from the wheel to the spindle, a disk freely revoluble on the spindle, and a pawl-and-ratchet connection between the disk and spindle starting the revolution of the former by movement of the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two, witnesses.

JAOOB w. FIELD.

Witnesses:

NELLIE FELTSKOG, H. G. BATCHELOR. 

